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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 599b66c36e3..b97f9e94312 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.139 2001/02/09 14:48:39 agc Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.140 2001/02/16 13:06:17 wiz Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ which user to su(8) to to do a 'cvs update'. ======================================== Drop your favourite login shell in /usr/local, or install it from -/etc/rc.local. Also, if you use a OS version below 1.5 or stil want +/etc/rc.local. Also, if you use a OS version below 1.5 or you still want to use the pkgsrc version of ssh for some reason, be sure to install ssh before starting it from rc.local: @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ The bulk builds consist of three steps: that report will also be mailed to the build's admin. During the build, a list of broken packages will be compiled in -.usr/pkgsrc/.broken (or .../.broken.${MACHINE} if OBJMACHINE is set), +/usr/pkgsrc/.broken (or .../.broken.${MACHINE} if OBJMACHINE is set), individual build logs of broken builds can be found in the package's directory. These files are used by the bulk-targets to mark broken builds to not waste time trying to rebuild them, and they can be used to debug @@ -452,9 +452,11 @@ itself. The mandatory fields are the DISTNAME which specifies the base name of the distribution file to be downloaded from the site on the Internet, MASTER_SITES which specifies that site, CATEGORIES which denotes the categories into which the package falls, PKGNAME which is the name of the -package and the MAINTAINER name. This is so that anyone who quibbles with -the (always completely correct) decisions taken by the guy who maintains -the port can complain vigorously. +package, the MAINTAINER name, and the COMMENT variable, which should +contain a one-line description of the package (the package name should not +appear, it will be added automatically). The maintainer variable is there +so that anyone who quibbles with the (always completely correct) decisions +taken by the guy who maintains the port can complain vigorously. The MASTER_SITES may be set to one of the predefined sites: @@ -479,18 +481,15 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR will not work. Currently the following values are available for CATEGORIES. If more than one is used, they need to be separated by spaces: - archivers devel math shells - audio editors mbone sysutils - benchmarks emulators meta-pkgs templates - biology finance misc textproc - cad fonts net time - chat games news wm - comms graphics parallel www - converters ham pkgtools x11 - corba japanese plan9 - cross lang print - databases mail security - + archivers audio benchmarks biology cad + chat comms converters cross databases + devel editors emulators finance fonts + games graphics ham japanese lang + mail math mbone misc net + news parallel print security shells + sysutils textproc time wm www + x11 + See the NetBSD packages(7) manual page for a description of all available options and variables. @@ -535,6 +534,12 @@ package from the FreeBSD ports collection: - If there exists a home page for the software in question, please add the variable HOMEPAGE right after MAINTAINER. The value of this variable should be the URL for the home page. + - Please also set the COMMENT variable to a short description of the + package. + + port2pkg (pkgsrc/pkgtools/port2pkg) does many of the mentioned steps + for you -- operator discretion is advised, though. + 4.2 files/* =========== @@ -621,11 +626,6 @@ witticisms. 4.4.1 Mandatory files ===================== - * pkg/COMMENT: - A one-line description of the piece of software. There is no need to - mention the package's name - this will automatically be added by the - pkg_* tools when they are invoked. - * pkg/DESCR: A multi-line description of the piece of software. This should include any credits where they are due. Please bear in mind that others do not @@ -670,8 +670,13 @@ which does a lot of the donkey work for you. * pkg/MESSAGE Display this file after installation of the package. - Useful for things like legal notices on almost-free software, - etc. + Useful for things like legal notices on almost-free software, etc. + Please note that you can modify variables in it easily by using + MESSAGE_SUBST in the package's Makefile: + MESSAGE_SUBST+= SOMEVAR="somevalue" + replaces + ${SOMEVAR} + in pkg/MESSAGE with "somevalue" before displaying the message. 4.5 scripts/* @@ -1771,7 +1776,7 @@ You have to separate between binary and "normale" (source) packages here: package maintainers can fetch it using FTP or HTTP (WWW). Finally, send-pr with category "pkg", a synopsis which includes the package name and version number, a short description of your package - (contents of pkg/COMMENT are OK) and the URL of your tar-file. + (contents of the COMMENT variable are OK) and the URL of your tar-file. You will be notified if your send-pr has been addressed so you can remove the tar-file. @@ -1843,6 +1848,7 @@ The file contents in this section must be used without the "> " prefix. > > MAINTAINER= thorpej@netbsd.org > HOMEPAGE= http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html +> COMMENT= GNU yacc clone > > GNU_CONFIGURE= yes > INFO_FILES= bison.info @@ -1850,13 +1856,7 @@ The file contents in this section must be used without the "> " prefix. > .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk" - 11.1.2 pkg/COMMENT - ================== - -> GNU yacc clone. - - - 11.1.3 pkg/DESCR + 11.1.2 pkg/DESCR ================ > GNU version of yacc. Can make re-entrant parsers, and numerous other @@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ The file contents in this section must be used without the "> " prefix. > of the NetBSD source tree is beyond me. - 11.1.4 pkg/PLIST + 11.1.3 pkg/PLIST ================ > @comment <$>NetBSD<$> @@ -1882,16 +1882,15 @@ The file contents in this section must be used without the "> " prefix. > share/bison.hairy - 11.1.5 Checking a package "pkglint" + 11.1.4 Checking a package "pkglint" =================================== The NetBSD package system comes with a tool called "pkglint" (located in the directory "pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkglint") which helps to check the contents of these files. After installation it is quite easy to use, just change to the -directory of the package you which to examine and execute "pkglint": +directory of the package you wish to examine and execute "pkglint": > tron@lyssa:/usr/pkgsrc/devel/bison>pkglint -> OK: checking pkg/COMMENT. > OK: checking pkg/DESCR. > OK: checking Makefile. > OK: checking files/md5. @@ -1899,8 +1898,8 @@ directory of the package you which to examine and execute "pkglint": > looks fine. Depending on the supplied command line arguments (see "man pkglint") more -intensive checks will be performed. Use e.g. "pkglint -a -v" for a very -detailed and verbose check. +verbose checks will be performed. Use e.g. "pkglint -v" for a very verbose +check. 11.2 Steps for building, installing, packaging @@ -1913,7 +1912,7 @@ Create the directory where the package lives, plus any auxiliary directories: > root@pumpy:/u/pkgsrc/lang(1766)# cd bison > root@pumpy:/u/pkgsrc/lang/bison(1768)# mkdir files patches pkg -Create Makefile, pkg/COMMENT, pkg/DESCR and pkg/PLIST as in section 11.1, +Create Makefile, pkg/DESCR and pkg/PLIST as in section 11.1, then continue with fetching the distfile: > root@pumpy:/u/pkgsrc/lang/bison(1769)# make fetch @@ -1983,10 +1982,7 @@ Now compile: > cc -c -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -I./../include -g version.c > cc -c -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -I./../include -g getopt.c > cc -c -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_ALLOCA=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -I./../include -g getopt1.c -> cc -g -o bison LR0.o allocate.o closure.o conflicts.o derives.o files.o getargs.o gram.o lalr.o lex.o main.o nullable.o output.o print.o reader.o reduce.o symtab.o warshall.o version.o - - - getopt.o getopt1.o +> cc -g -o bison LR0.o allocate.o closure.o conflicts.o derives.o files.o getargs.o gram.o lalr.o lex.o main.o nullable.o output.o print.o reader.o reduce.o symtab.o warshall.o version.o getopt.o getopt1.o > ./files.c:240: warning: mktemp() possibly used unsafely, consider using mkstemp() > rm -f bison.s1 > sed -e "/^#line/ s|bison|/usr/pkg/share/bison|" < ./bison.simple > bison.s1 @@ -2123,7 +2119,7 @@ Layout for precompiled binary packages on ftp.netbsd.org: README distfiles/ pkgsrc -> /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/pkgsrc - 1.3/ + 1.5/ i386/ All/ archivers/ |